David Cicilline for Military Cuts

David Cicilline for Military Cuts

Today David Cicilline voted against a measure to stop devastating budget cuts that would affect our military and military personnel like those at Naval Station Newport. Cicilline voted to allow these military cuts that, as Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said, would be “devastating” and “terribly weaken” our national security in order to keep big-government spending programs like ObamaCare.

Thirty one military service and veterans organizations urged Congress this week to save America’s Armed Forces from the “catastrophic impact that sequestration would have on the defense budget and future national security” – yet Cicilline ignored their voices.

As you cover Cicilline’s decision to vote against efforts to replace dangerous and arbitrary defense cuts with common-sense spending reforms, consider the following quote:

NRCC Comment: “Today David Cicilline chose big-government spending programs like ObamaCare over Rhode Island military families and veterans including those at Naval Station Newport. Our military is facing devastating cuts that could be stopped and replaced with common-sense reforms but David Cicilline wouldn’t look past partisan politics to protect our troops.” –NRCC spokesman Nat Sillin